The City Council Monday night is expected to vote on a land acquisition agreement for a portion of the General Electric property on Boston Avenue to be the location of a new high school replacing the antiquated Harding High. Also on the council agenda for Monday night are communications from the Economic Development department regarding [...]
Entries Tagged as 'General Electric'
New High School Property, Downtown Development On City Council Agenda
May 4th, 2013 · 16 Comments · City Council, Development and Zoning, News and Events
Tags: Denese Taylor-Moye·General Electric·Harding High School·Jack Banta·Morgan Kaolian
City Reports Modest Increase In Taxable Property
March 4th, 2013 · 11 Comments · City Budget, City Council, Development and Zoning, News and Events
Completion of the Downtown rental complex 333 State Street as well as activity along Main Street and Park Avenue development corridors has led to a modest increase in the city’s grand list of taxable property, according to Mayor Bill Finch. Overall the mayor says Bridgeport’s 2012 grand list grew by $62,948,426 or a 0.9 percent [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Dan Malloy·General Electric·Harding High School
Made In Bridgeport–’Where Industry Makes Art’–Opens Downtown
March 1st, 2013 · 2 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Best of Bridgeport
Ah, the things that were made in Bridgeport: luxury cars, submarines, sewing machines, tools, tools and more tools from amazing craftsmanship. Artist extraordinaire Robin Gilmore crafts jewelry derived from Bridgeport’s own streets and resources. Her store Made In Bridgeport is located at 1042 Broad Street at John Street entrance 140. Do you bleed Bridgeport? Now you can wear [...]
Tags: General Electric
What’s A Good Name For The New High School?
February 19th, 2013 · 29 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Education
Warren Gamaliel Harding, the 29th president of the United States, is regularly celebrated on the list of worst presidents, a reminder never to elect a newspaper publisher president. Of note, a series of scandals that led to prison time for several in his Republican administration. He died in office in 1923. This was an era [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·General Electric·Harding High School·Morgan Kaolian
New High School On Council Agenda, Bridgeport Hospital Seeks Expansion On Current Harding Campus
February 18th, 2013 · 18 Comments · City Council, Development and Zoning, Education
Monday (today) is a holiday so the next meeting of the full City Council will take place Tuesday 7 p.m. in City Council Chambers, 45 Lyon Terrace. Among items expected to be referred to the Economic and Community Development and Environment Committee is the proposed land acquisition agreement between General Electric and the city to [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Bridgeport Hospital·General Electric·Harding High School·Morgan Kaolian·Paul Vallas
Bobby Valentine Leads HCC Gala
November 8th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Education, News and Events
Bobby Valentine is one of the good guys, even if he was a Red Sox manager. Valentine does incredible community work without waving pom-poms. He’ll be the featured speaker at Housatonic Community College’s gala. Check it out, from HCC: Making your way up from the high school baseball team, through the major leagues and to [...]
Tags: Bobby Valentine·General Electric·Hearst Corporation·Housatonic Community College
Vallas’ Performance Evaluation, Possible Contract Vote, On Monday School Board Agenda
March 4th, 2013 · 47 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Education, News and Events
The battle for control of the Board of Education continues Monday (tonight) with a scheduled special meeting for “Discussion and Possible Action Regarding Superintendent’s Performance Evaluation,” according the school board agenda. The meeting will take place 6:30 p.m. in City Hall, Conference Room 305, 45 Lyon Terrace. The nine-member school board is split with four [...]
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Tags: Bobby Simmons·Excel Bridgeport·General Electric·Harding High School·Hernan Illingworth·Jacqueline Kelleher·Jessica Martinez·John Bagley·Ken Moales·Leticia Colon·Maria Pereira·Paul Vallas·Sacred Heart University·Sauda Baraka·Tom Mulligan